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Senate takes up voting rights bill
The For The People Act would change how voters are registered and elections are administered.ABC News
Sen. Joe Manchin is breaking with Democrats and throwing his weight behind a more measured voting rights bill in lieu of the sweeping Democratic voting reform bill that Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has labeled a top priority of the caucus.
The Democrat from West Virginia told ABC News exclusively that he intends to support the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, a more narrowly tailored piece of voting rights legislation that he said he believes could muster bipartisan support even as voting legislation is becoming a flash point between the two parties.
NBC s Chuck Todd failing to ask Dr. Fauci about the origins of COVID and more round out today s top media headlines.
CNN commentator Van Jones argued on CNN Monday that Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., is the wrong lawmaker to get bipartisan police reform done because he s so stubborn on qualified immunity.
Qualified immunity, which protects police officers and other types of government officials from civil litigation in certain circumstances, is a major sticking point for progressives, Jones argued. The idea that police are immune in civil court from paying anything out of their own pocket has just been a thorn in the side of this movement, Jones said. And so, we know that Tim Scott, who s a Republican senator in the Senate who’s trying to make this happen, we know he is not open to very much on qualified immunity.
Justice Department intervenes to help resolve key sticking point in talks over policing bill to ease path for Hill deal
A bipartisan group of negotiators is stymied over a key issue in talks on overhauling policing practices nationwide: The standard for charging police officers with crimes.
And now, the Justice Department is directly engaged in the talks to help resolve the stalemate and ease the path for a sweeping policing deal to be reached on Capitol Hill, according to several people familiar with the matter.
As lawmakers see if they can find consensus before a self-imposed May 25 deadline, the issue continues to be a key point of contention, with Democrats pushing to lower the standard so officers can be charged for reckless conduct while Republicans say the matter needs to be off the table in the negotiations.
Louisiana Democrat sworn into Congress, replacing Biden aide
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1of8House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, speaks during a ceremonial swearing-in for Rep. Troy Carter, D-La., right, as his wife Ana Carter, center, watches on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2021.Susan Walsh/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, poses for a photo during a ceremonial swearing-in for Rep. Troy Carter, D-La., center, as his wife Ana Carter, left, watches on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2021.Susan Walsh/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of8House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., talks with Rep. Troy Carter, D-La., following a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2021.Susan Walsh/APShow MoreShow Less
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House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) on Sunday took aim at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) amid House Republicans preparing to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WYO as its conference chair for refusing to bend to former President Trump’s election fraud falsehoods.
In an interview with CNN, Clyburn was asked about House Republicans’ embrace of the big lie of a stolen election that Trump continues to push and how Cheney’s refusal to go along with the former president’s bogus claims led to her being ostracized within own caucus.
Clyburn acknowledged that he finds little common ground with the third-ranking Republican politically, while decrying House Republicans’ push to boot her from her leadership position.